1. Jakrapob Penkair is a Thai media personality, diplomat and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Bangkok, the Government Spokesperson of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from 2003 to 2005, and later as a Cabinet Minister to the Office of the Prime Minister from 2007 to 2008 under the premiership of Samak Sundaravej.
Jakrapob Penkair was forced to step down after allegations of lese majeste, a legal weapon commonly used in Thailand to silence dissent, and has been in exile since the 2009 Thai political unrest.
Jakrapob Penkair later received a doctor's degree from the same university.
Jakrapob Penkair then found employment as a news analyst at PTV.
Jakrapob Penkair became a close aide to the prime minister, and in 2005 ran as a Thai Rak Thai candidate in that year's general election.
Thaksin and Samak failed to support Jakrapob Penkair leading him to resign on May 8,2008.
Jakrapob Penkair became associated with the movement's radical wing and soon formed a splinter group known as Red Siam with former communist Surachai Danwattananusorn.
Jakrapob Penkair went into hiding following the Songkran riots, vowing to carry out a more robust campaign against the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva and his establishment patrons.
Jakrapob Penkair wrote for another similar magazine, The Voice of Taksin, under the pseudonym "Jit Pollachan".
Jakrapob Penkair nevertheless restated his adamant belief that the monarchy needs to be depoliticised.